---
title: "SSCG10: Executive Branch Overview (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSCG10
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSCG10
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
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# SSCG10: Executive Branch Overview

Demonstrate knowledge of the executive branch of government.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSCG10.a**: Cite the formal qualifications listed in the Constitution for President of the United States.
- **SSCG10.b**: Describe informal qualifications common to past presidents.
- **SSCG10.c**: Identify term of office and describe the line of succession (e.g., 20th, 22nd, and 25th amendments).
- **SSCG10.d**: Analyze the role of the Electoral College in electing the President and the clarification provided in the 12th Amendment.
- **SSCG10.e**: Distinguish between the roles of the President, including Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, chief executive, chief agenda setter, chief of state, chief diplomat, and party leader.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.